Tonight’s the night: the biggest night of the year for bluegrass musicians around the globe. All eyes and ears will be focused on the red carpet at the Duke Energy Performing Arts Center in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, as the industry’s biggest and brightest stars head to the 30th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards.

Nominees for “Entertainer of the Year” are Balsam Range, Sam Bush Band, The Earls of Leicester, Del McCoury Band and first-time nominee Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers. The five nominees have a whopping 24 nominations among them this year. Multiple nominations for Sister Sadie, Carolina Blue, Mile Twelve, Molly Tuttle, Missy Raines and Rhonda Vincent are also notable on this year’s list of nominees.

Can’t make it the awards show in person? The show will be broadcast live on Sirius XM Satellite Radio (Bluegrass Junction) at 7:30 p.m. EDT, streamed via Facebook Live and will be made available for rebroadcast by radio stations worldwide, thanks to the sponsorship of Chiesi USA, Virginia Tourism, Deering Banjos, Compass Records, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, BMI, and Boston Bluegrass Union. A special red carpet live stream will be available on IBMA’s Instagram page as well.

In addition to their “Entertainer of the Year” nomination, North Carolina-based Balsam Range are also nominated for “Vocal Group of the Year,” “Song of the Year,” “Gospel Recording of the Year,” and “Collaborative Recording of the Year.”

The Del McCoury Band’s nominations include “Entertainer of the Year,” “Album of the Year”, “Male Vocalist of the Year” (Del McCoury) “Fiddle Player of the Year” (Jason Carter) and “Mandolin Player of the Year” (Ronnie McCoury).

Del McCoury guests on first-time “Entertainer of the Year” nominee Joe Mullins & Radio Rambler’s “Collaborative Recording Of The Year” nomination; the band’s other nominations are for “Song of the Year,” “Album of the Year” and “Gospel Recording of the Year.”

“Entertainer of the Year” nominee Sam Bush Band is also nominated for “Instrumental Group of the Year,” “Instrumental Recording of the Year” (Sam Bush & Bela Fleck) and “Mandolin Player of the Year” (Sam Bush).

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, The Travelin’ McCourys, Appalachian Road Show, Sideline and Sierra Hull are among the many artists who also received nominations this year.

Also there will be three inductees into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame: prolific dobro innovator Mike Auldridge, influential banjo player Bill Emerson and influential West Coast band The Kentucky Colonels; additionally, five people who have made significant contributions to bluegrass music were named as recipients of the Distinguished Achievement Award: broadcaster Katy Daley, label founder Mickey Gamble, former Executive Director of IBMA Dan Hays, musician Allen Mills, and Japanese bluegrass magazine Moonshiner.

Awards are voted on by the professional membership of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), the professional nonprofit association for the bluegrass music industry.

For more information about the IBMA’s awards or how to obtain a recording of the IBMA Awards Show for rebroadcast, visit http://www.ibma.org.